Vegan Thousand Island Salad Dressing - Small Batch

An easy recipe for a small batch of the classic vegan Thousand Island salad dressing. Add it to salads, lunch wraps and burgers.

Make a batch of this tasty Thousand Island salad dressing to add to your salads, wraps, and burgers this week.

It's a small-batch salad dressing that's quick to make and will make your taste buds tingle.

This colourful sauce tastes fabulous and there's no waste.

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• 🥣 Small batch salad dressing
• 💭 What is Thousand Island dressing?
• 💭 Is Thousand Island Dressing the same as Rose Marie sauce?
• 🍔 Secret sauce
• 📋 What you need to make Thousand Island Dressing
• 📖 Variations
• 🍟 Serving suggestions
• 🍶 Storing salad dressing
• ⏲️ How long will homemade salad dressing keep?
• 👩🏻‍🍳 More delicious vegan salad dressing recipes
• 🥗 Related recipes
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• 👩🏻‍🍳 How to make dairy-free Thousand Island dressing
• 📖 Recipe
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🥣 Small batch salad dressing

There's nothing worse than making a homemade salad dressing or opening a new bottle from the supermarket just knowing that you aren't going to get through it and it's going to end up in the bin.

That's why small-batch salad dressings are so good.

A spoonful of this and a spoonful of that and you have a tasty dressing, but not too much.

This delicious dressing is perfect for plant-based diets.

• Cheap to make
• Quick
• Tasty
• Small quantity
• No need for a food processor, blender or whisk
• No waste

💭 Is Thousand Island Dressing the same as Rose Marie sauce?

Rose Marie (or rose mary) sauce is the British version of this flavoursome sauce.

It has very similar ingredients but uses Worcestershire sauce (you can get a vegan Worcestershire sauce) instead of pickle.

Made popular by TV chef Fanny Cradock in the 60s, it was often served on a prawn cocktail.

🍔 Secret sauce

Thousand Island Sauce is often served in diners and fast-food restaurants in America but is called secret sauce or special sauce.

Some people just call it burger sauce.

And it is rather delicious on a good black bean burger.

📖 Variations

It's best to stick to the original recipe if you can, but you can make a few tweaks to use what you have.

Swap:

• Tomato puree (tomato paste) - instead of ketchup
• White wine vinegar - or apple cider vinegar instead of lemon juice, or any white vinegar
• Paprika - instead of cayenne pepper for a smoky finish

🍶 Storing salad dressing

I use clean jam jars for my salad dressing.

You can see what's in them and give them a good shake before serving.

However, you can use what you have, any small airtight container will do.

Here are a few storage ideas:

• Jam jars
• Mini glass milk bottles - with lids
• Squeezy sauce bottles - the type with a nozzle
• Small mason jar
• Salad drizzler
• Small sauce tubs - airtight containers or tupperware
• Mini wine bottle - one of those single-serving bottles. but you will need a jug to pour the dressing in

⏲️ How long will homemade salad dressing keep?

Homemade salad dressings like this one can be kept in the fridge for up to a week.

Dressings don't freeze well, as they separate and sometimes the texture changes.

So just make it as you need it.

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👩🏻‍🍳 How to make dairy-free Thousand Island dressing

These step-by-step photos will show you how to make vegan thousand island dressing recipe.

Step 1

• Choose your salad dressing container and measure in the mayonnaise.
• Add the olive oil, ketchup and lemon juice.

Step 2

• Next add the spices, the finely chopped pickle and the herbs,
• Season, then add the lid tightly and give it a good shake to combine and emulsify.
• Taste to check the seasoning.
• Serve and enjoy!